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Joshua Bowling Arizona Republic Published 9:00 AM EDT Oct 26, 2018 Political groups aren't just relying on snail mail and TV spots to attack opposing candidates and ask for your vote as the November election approaches. They're texting you. Political groups and volunteers are turning to text messages that bear eye-catching calls to action such as, "Abortion will be illegal in Arizona very soon ... Vote Democratic on November 6th" and "Democrats are already voting. President Trump needs you to go out and VOTE." While campaign ads are nothing new, these unsolicited and personalized texts take a more direct approach. Arizona Republican and Democratic parties did not respond to a request for comment. Calls to multiple phone numbers behind the text messages, some carrying northern Arizona area codes, were met with busy signals. What's legal and what isn't? Sending a text message to someone without their consent is illegal, according to the Federal Trade … [Read more...] about Political text messages during elections and are they legal

Shari Rudavsky Indianapolis Star Published 10:00 p.m. UTC Jul 30, 2018 If you apply for a job at Community Health Network, don’t expect a call from a recruiter. Instead, your first contact — and many subsequent ones — will come via text. In an effort to streamline recruiting and work with millennials who are more used to boings than brrrings, Community Health Network has become the first hospital system in the state and one of the first in the nation to use Canvas, an Indianapolis-based text interviewing platform. Once job seekers fill out an application online, Canvas enters the picture. One of Community’s 22 recruiters responds to the application with a text, starting a conversation. The applicant can text back and answer any initial questions from that recruiter and they can start a thread that in many cases will lead to a phone call and eventually an interview. That’s how it worked for Miranda Burden. A short time ago she was in a … [Read more...] about Boing! Your next job may be one text message away

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A federal judge threw out claims filed against Kisling, Nestico & Redick that said the personal-injury law firm was in violation of a federal law prohibiting the automatic dialing or texting of cellphones when it solicits people recently involved in car crashes. Senior U.S. District Judge Donald Nugent ruled Thursday that the plaintiffs did not show that the Fairlawn-based firm violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act when it contracted with a company to send text messages to potential clients. (You can read the ruling here or at the bottom of this story.) The lawsuit filed in August says KNR and Wire2Air, the company contracted by the firm to text potential clients, violated consumer rights by sending the texts without the recipient's prior written approval. It says KNR scours police reports and then inputs those messages into an auto-dialing system to send out mass texts to the numbers found in the reports. KNR principal Rob Nestico … [Read more...] about KNR dismissed from lawsuit claiming firm illegally used bulk text messages to solicit clients

World Russia Mass Surveillance Controversial new anti-terror laws have come into force in Russia, which will force telecoms companies to store all communications made by users for six months. Opponents of the new legislation warn it will give the Kremlin unprecedented scope to spy on its opponents and create an enormous data security risk. The new law came into force on Sunday, The Moscow Times reported, and forces mobile and internet companies to retain the text messages, phone conversations and chat activity of all customers for six months and metadata for three years. Companies will also be required to help the security services decode any encrypted messages. A man is pictured protesting against the intensification of surveillance and restrictions on the internet in Moscow on August 26, 2017. MAXIM ZMEYEV/AFP/Getty Images Recommended Slideshows 76 In Pictures: The 75 Most Powerful Military Forces in the World 61 Every World Press Photo Winner Ever: 60 … [Read more...] about Russia Implements ‘Big Brother Laws’ Forcing Retention of All Calls, Text Messages, Chat Logs

/EIN News/ -- ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CampDoc.com, the leading electronic health record system for camps, announced the release of its text message alert tool that allows camps to easily send mass notifications and emergency communications to their families and staff. “When a disaster or emergency hits your camp, you need technology that facilitates rapid notification,” said Dr. Michael Ambrose, Owner and Director of CampDoc.com. “We’re continuing our mission to improve the health and safety of camp by expanding the communication tools for our camps to include text messaging.” While delivering critical emergency notifications is essential in a crisis, many families and staff now prefer text messages over email communication for important camp announcements as well. This new service from CampDoc.com uses the latest technology and broadcast network to send large volumes of text messages reliably and quickly. … [Read more...] about CampDoc.com Releases Text Message Alert Tool